पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · August 4, 1973 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.68 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
य इमं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति।भक्ितं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः।।18.68।।
"18.68 But he who teaches this great secret to My devotees, his is the highest devotion, and verily he shall come unto Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.68's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya108.04°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra176.12°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.88°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha90.55°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati283.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra138.87°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani66.97°MithunaĀrdrā P1

☀️ Vṛndāvana — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:45
Yamaganda14:06 – 15:46
Gulika Kāla05:44 – 07:24
Varjyam06:17 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:44 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:24 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:45 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:25 – 14:06 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:06 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:46 – 17:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:26 – 19:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:07 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:26 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:46 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:06 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:25 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:45 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 04:24 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:24 – 05:44 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.565°
Longitude: 77.6593°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5075 · Kali-5075
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853433.27 · 5074.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441898.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4841° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)66.98° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.4841°) · declination 17.32° · EoT -5.79 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1973-08-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)